]]>Can You Solve This Math Problem That Went Viral In Japan?http://learnmathblog.com/can-you-solve-this-math-problem-that-went-viral-in-japan-2.html/
Tue, 15 Aug 2017 10:11:51 +0000http://learnmathblog.com/?p=3380If mathematics isnt your strong suit, this equation that went viral in Japan may just trip you up. According to the YouTube channel MindYourDecisions, a study found that only 60 percent of individuals in their 20s could get the right answer. This is significantly lower than the 90 percent success rate in the 1980s. To learn which common mistake people…

]]>Trump Just Personally Donated $100,000 To The Education Department While Trying To Cut $9 Billion From Its Budgethttp://learnmathblog.com/trump-just-personally-donated-100000-to-the-education-department-while-trying-to-cut-9-billion-from-its-budget.html/
Sun, 13 Aug 2017 09:59:45 +0000http://learnmathblog.com/?p=3377Last week, the US Department of Education announced that it received a gift of $100,000 from the President himself taken straight from his salary that will be used to help fund a summer camp for students focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The aim is to encourage students from a range of backgrounds to take up STEM subjects…

]]>Czanne unmasked: the shattering portraits that blew Picasso and the Paris avant garde awayhttp://learnmathblog.com/czanne-unmasked-the-shattering-portraits-that-blew-picasso-and-the-paris-avant-garde-away.html/
Sat, 12 Aug 2017 10:12:41 +0000http://learnmathblog.com/?p=3374He painted his wife without lips. He painted his friend with a spinal deformity. And he painted himself as a ghost in a top hat. Paul Czannes unflinching portraits, coming to Britain this autumn, didnt just astonish Picasso and his disciples. They changed art for ever In Paris at the dawn of the 20th century, a generation of young artists…

]]>Bees Are The First Insects Found To Understand The Concept Of Zerohttp://learnmathblog.com/bees-are-the-first-insects-found-to-understand-the-concept-of-zero.html/
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 10:13:24 +0000http://learnmathblog.com/?p=3371For the first time ever, the humble bee with its tiny brain has been found to understand the concept of zero. For most of us, the ideaof zero may seem like a fairly easy and unchallenging thing to get our head around. But in actual fact, the ability to accept the absence of something, which is what zero is after…

]]>Gene Drives Could Wipe Out Whole Populations of Pests in One Fell Swoophttp://learnmathblog.com/gene-drives-could-wipe-out-whole-populations-of-pests-in-one-fell-swoop.html/
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 10:13:08 +0000http://learnmathblog.com/?p=3368What if there was a humane, targeted way to wipe out alien pest species such as mice, rats and rabbits, by turning their own genes on themselves so they can no longer reproduce and their population collapses? Gene drives a technique that involves deliberately spreading a faulty gene throughout a population promises to do exactly that. Conservationists are understandably excited…

]]>Why are there so few women in tech? The truth behind the Google memohttp://learnmathblog.com/why-are-there-so-few-women-in-tech-the-truth-behind-the-google-memo.html/
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 10:17:13 +0000http://learnmathblog.com/?p=3365An engineer at the company has suggested male domination of Silicon Valley is down to biological differences between the sexes. But the root causes are much more complicated It is time to be open about the science of human nature. This was the assertion of software engineer James Damore to his colleagues at Google, in through a leak to tech…

]]>Neutrinos Continue To Show A Preference For Matter And This Has Big Consequenceshttp://learnmathblog.com/neutrinos-continue-to-show-a-preference-for-matter-and-this-has-big-consequences.html/
Tue, 08 Aug 2017 10:18:54 +0000http://learnmathblog.com/?p=3362The international T2K neutrino experiment has found more evidence that neutrino oscillations appear to violate the symmetry between matter and antimatter. While its still too early to claim this as a discovery, the research strengthens the hints that had already been seen with the experiment last year. The preliminary analysis presented at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) in…

]]>India media storm over 10-year-old pregnant rape victim – BBC Newshttp://learnmathblog.com/india-media-storm-over-10-year-old-pregnant-rape-victim-bbc-news.html/
Mon, 07 Aug 2017 09:50:55 +0000http://learnmathblog.com/?p=3359But on 28 July, India’s Supreme Court rejected a petition – filed on her behalf – to allow her to abort, on the grounds that at 32 weeks, she is too far into her pregnancy. A doctors’ panel had advised the court that a termination at this stage would be “too risky” for the girl, and that the foetus was…

]]>GoldieBlox agreed to pay $1m to charity in Beastie Boys settlementhttp://learnmathblog.com/goldieblox-agreed-to-pay-1m-to-charity-in-beastie-boys-settlement.html/
Sun, 06 Aug 2017 10:00:25 +0000http://learnmathblog.com/?p=3356Argument over 'fair use' of Girls song ended in March with deal to donate to STEM education for girls. By Stuart Dredge In March, the Beastie Boys revealed in a document filed as part of a separate copyright infringement lawsuit between the Beastie Boys and Monster Energy, using several Beastie Boys songs in a 2012 snowboarding video without approval from…